Achieving Comfortable Flight

Price:

$59.95

2 booklets

7 audio programs

and a set of 14 quick reference cards

"Have a nice flight!"

To the millions of travelers plagued with the crippling fear of flying, these words bring little or no comfort. Each year a growing number of business flyers inefficiently juggle schedules to include alternate means of travel. And the vacationer is limited in choosing destinations by the time restraints of ground transportation. Acknowledging the intensity of this phenomenon, Dr. Reid Wilson and Captain T. W. Cummings collaborated to produce a thorough approach to achieving this much sought comfort level for commercial air travel. The Achieving Comfortable Flight series is not a miracle cure but rather a realistic method, systematically designed to solve a growing problem. The team formed by Dr. Wilson and Captain Cummings matches a clinical knowledge of the fear with a practical understanding of the cause. From these combined efforts the ACF series is now available in booklet/CD format for use in the privacy of home or office. No longer does the busy executive have to wait for a seminar that fits his schedule. No embarrassment for that traveler who feels compelled to hide his fear. No longer do you have to suffer. The ACF series provides you with the luxury of learning in your own chosen environment.

The ACF series is presented in two booklets, four accompanying CDs, and a set of quick reference cards. Noting that there are differing levels of fearful flyers, the series is designed so that you select an area of concentration or pursue the entire study. The booklets present alternatives to assist you in conquering your fears, as well as a detail of the "nuts and bolts" of an airline craft in easy, non-technical language. The CDs range from breathing exercises and skills review to an in-depth guide through a flight. They are also designed for when you desire more practice or information. In addition, a set of quick reference cards is included for later review.

The combination of the booklets and CDs will help you develop the skills to overcome your own personal fears. Millions of Americans enjoy flying as a fast, safe and comfortable means of transportation. Let up help you be one of them.

About the Author

Captain T.W. Cummings has 36 years of flying experience, including WWII bomber missions and a distinguished 31 year Pan Am career. The Captain established the "Freedom from Fear of Flying" program in 1975, and has conducted over 200 seminars throughout the US and overseas. In addition, his expertise has been requested in books such as Handbook of Phobia Therapy (Jason Aronson, Inc.) and eventually his own Freedom from the Fear of Flying (Pocket Books).

REID WILSON, Ph.D. is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center. He is author or co-author of 5 books, including Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks; Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions; and Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children. He designed and served as lead psychologist for American Airlines' first national program for the fearful flier. He serves as the Expert for WebMD’s Anxiety and Panic Community. His free self-help website – www.anxieties.com – serves 500,000 visitors per year. In 2014 he was honored with the highest award given by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

These simple, common sense techniques have helped thousands of people to reduce their worries and tensions. They have been designed in this step-by-step guide to increase your comfort, confidence and enjoyment during flights:

* The aircraft: their maintenance and how they actually fly (the basics of aerodynamics)

* Flight crew selection, health requirements and on-going training

CD 1, track 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

(20 minutes)

This tape provides a summary of what it takes to fly comfortably. It introduces you to the each of the booklets and tapes and suggests the most helpful ways for you to use the series.

CD 1, track 2: PRACTICING YOUR BREATHING SKILLS

(20 minutes)

Our breathing patterns are medically proven to influence our physical symptoms. Learn three straightforward and simple breathing skills to relieve your body's stresses and quiet your mind. Natural Breathing, the Calming Breath, and Calming Counts will help you to quickly clear unwanted thoughts and let you enjoy your flight with a quiet mind and a calm body.

CD 2: THE CAPTAIN'S GUIDE THROUGH YOUR FLIGHT

(45 minutes)

This tape will give you a chance to anticipate and understand the reactions of your own senses in an airplane flight. Follow Captain Cummings voice on an informative journey through every phase of the flight, from the time you arrive at the gate until the time you leave the plane at your destination. Find out what's going on behind the closed door of the cockpit from takeoff to landing. And learn the reassuring facts about those noises and bumps that can startle you.

CD 3, track 1: ASSOCIATING WITH THE POSITIVE

(20 minutes)

If you have had difficulty flying in the past, your body and mind may be conditioned to react spontaneously with distress about flying the next time, regardless of how hard you may try to have a positive outlook. Your body and mind need a chance to orient to the positive, to orient toward success. This is the first of three tapes that will use the powerful tool of guided imagery to help build your confidence. This tape will help you associate positive feelings with successfully reaching your goal of comfortable flight.

CD 3, track 2: CREATING COMFORT FROM DISTRESS

(20 minutes)

Most people who become uncomfortable on a flight believe that they can't control those feelings, that they will continue to feel bad no matter what they do. You can, in fact, change how your body feels, by changing your focus of attention. On this tape you will experience, through imagery, how your body and mind can get tense and how it can reduce that tension and return to a calm state, all within minutes.

CD 4, track 1: REHEARSING YOUR COPING SKILLS

(20 minutes)

On this tape you will have the opportunity to put all of your new skills together. Through guided imagery, you will "see" yourself in five different scenes of an actual flight which tend to cause people stress, such as take-off, or at cruising altitude in turbulent air. You will get to try out a variety of skills and determine which will be most helpful to you during your future flights. Once you get a sense of your best skills, this tape will also help you condition yourself to respond to your symptoms before and during your next flights.

CD 4, track 2: GENERALIZED RELAXATION AND IMAGERY

(20 minutes)

These suggestions and images are designed to help you let go of your tensions and enjoy twenty minutes of peace and quiet. Because this is a generalized relaxation tape, some people listen to it every day. You can listen to this tape any time you want to become relaxed, including while on the plane.

QUICK REFERENCE CARDS

A set of 14 cards summarizing the primary self-help strategies to use prior to and during a flight, including eight ways to handle your worries, ten methods to increase your physical comfort. Carry them in your pocket book or briefcase for easy access to all the suggestions and skills.